Household-cleaning basket



C. W. PATTERSON. HOUSEHOLD CLEANING BASKET.

APPHCATION FILED FEB. 15, I922.

Patented Oct. 10, 1922.

Patented ct. 10, 1922.

UNITED STATES CHARLOTTE WISE PATTERSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HOUSEHOLD-CLEANING BASKET.

Application filed February 16,1922. SerialNo. 537,092. I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, CHARLOTTE W. PATTER- SON, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Household- Cleaning Baskets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improvement in work baskets and relates especially to the construction of pockets or compartments in such baskets or boxes and whereby the implements to be used in a given trade or, occupation may be provided with a distinctive place in the receptacle.

Objects of the invention are, to produce in a receptacle of the above nature effective pockets or compartments of the above character, and at the same time to simplify the construction of such devices and reduce-the cost of manufacture.

In the embodiment shown, my invention is disclosed as applied to an ordinary chip or grape basket adapting it to be used as a receptacle for articles used in house cleaning.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a side elevation of said basket, showing the manner of interweaving wires or strip material with the structure of the basket to form pockets or compartments.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the basket showing the compartments or pockets formed by the wires or strips and implements of domestic use contained in said compartments.

Referring to. the drawings in detail by reference numerals, 1 designates a receptacle, here shown in the form of a basket made up of thin strips woven together, which is the ordinary form of chip or grape basket in common use. It will be noted that my invention is not confined to this form of receptacle and any other form of basket or box may be used. .The receptacle may be provided with a. handle 2 for convenience in carrying the same from place to place and may be reinforced by strips 22 and 23 extending transversely and longitudinally on the outside of the basket. Referring to Fig. 2, it will be seen that the basket is divided off into compartments or pockets 3 adapted to contain various articles or implements to be used in house cleaning. These pockets are formed by interweaving with the wickerwork of the basket lengths of wire or strip material 4 and looping'said material within the basket as shown at 5 to form the abovenamed compartments. I prefer to use several lengths of wire or strip material lying in parallel horizontal planes, but it will be noted that a single length may be used forming merely a single loop, especially in adaptmg the device for certain particular uses. The present embodiment of my invention is particularly adapted for house cleaning and the compartments are formed so as to adapt them to hold such articles as are used in the various phases of this occupation, as for instance, one compartment may be adapted to contain a dust cloth, another scrubbing brushes, others boxes of cleansing material, ammonia bottles and the like; whereas the large central compartment may contain a pail and dust pan and other suitable implements. It will be understood, however, that the essence of my invention is the particular construction and the manner of forming the pockets or compartments, and the inventive idea may be applied to other constructions than that of the basket such as shown, as for instance, the wires may be woven through apertures formed in the sides of a box or any other desirable or suitable form of receptacle.

It should be understood that I do not Wish to be limited to the specific form of my invention as above described, and it will be ob- Vious that the same may be varied in proportions and dimensions and otherwise in so far as may be within the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed as new is:

l..An article of manufacture, consisting of a receptacle having apertures about its sides and a strip of material threaded through said apertures and formed into loops within said receptacle.

2. An article of manufacture, which consists of a basket for carrying a plurality of articles each in its own place, said basket having astrip of material threaded through apertures therein and forming compartments suitable to retain said articles in place.

3. An article of manufacture consisting of a receptacle having vertical rows of apertures in the sides thereof, and strip material threaded through said apertures and looped horizontally within said receptacle to form compartments within said receptacle.

4. A Work basket, formed of Wicker-Work or the like, wire-woven through the interstices of said basket and looped within the basket one strand above another to form compartments about the walls of said basket and a central compartment between said In testimony whereef l have hereunto set compartments. i I my'hand in presence of twosirbscribing Wit- 10 5. In a Work basket formed of wlckernesses Work material, a plurality of strands of Wire CHARLOTTE pWISE PATTERSON threaded in parallel horizental'rows through the interstices of said basket and having "VVitneses portions of said strands spaced from the LEONIE SCOTTINO,

Walls of the basket toform: compartments. IIELLENYG. SMITH. 

